The Climate Lens Calgary Climate Hub

The Climate Lens will now be broadcasted every fourth Wednesday of the month on CJSW, the excellent student radio of the University of Calgary! You can find the page of the show here but don't worry, we will continue to be available as a podcast on existing platforms.

Listen to CJSW on 90.9 FM in the Calgary area, on their website or using their app available for iOS and Android.

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Bill 20, a new policy announced by the Alberta government on Thursday April 25th 2024 at least on it's face doesn't have anything to do with climate change. But if you are an organization like the Calgary Climate Hub whose entire reason for being is to promote climate action at the municipal level, this affects you, and in consequence everybody in the province. To discuss this, we are receiving Molli Bennett of the Alberta Talks Initiative and the Alberta Environmental Network, who we already had the pleasure to invite in two other episodes about the net-zero strategy in Alberta and logging plans for West Bragg Creek.

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Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0V7ja6jgTL-rhY6YezlNSQ2CS29J0Bo9bX6XAk9InI/

Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAbcBlWzJ9JG7Kb7Z2tI_vx7-4lSMZx9fPPBn3ix_LA/

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If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219

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CALLS TO ACTION!

Forests For Calgary: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/forests_for_calgary

Calgary Tree Equity and Tree Planting Guide: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/calgary_tree_equity

Mini Forest Tree Planting - Bowness Community Association - June 15th 2024 - Register here: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/mini_forest_tree_planting_june_20240615

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Molli Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molli-bennett-666a36ba/

Alberta Talks: https://albertatalks.ca/

Alberta Environmental Network: https://aenweb.ca/

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Calgary Climate Hub

Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social

Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC

Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer

Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership

Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate

Support us on Patreon!

Coming off the hottest year and worst wildfire season in recorded history you might think Canada as a whole would have finally learned our lesson and gone all in on climate solutions but you'd be wrong as the prime political discussion in Canada these days are about getting rid of our carbon tax with precious little about what climate solutions we'd like in their place. This sentiment is strongest in Alberta where our once mighty clean energy industry was first hobbled by a 6 month moratorium then followed by far reaching anti-renewable policy in place for the foreseeable future. To help us break down all this today we have Martin Olszynski, Associate Professor at the University Of Calgary, Faculty of Law.

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Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpV-cwGOoXW8HC1OWf_nN1DUIWE_9g5IJrm0Dxsw_3E/

Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VsXEfX_Q3fby2kynppIVyD29lCHs8AXzycWjxuvbJ98/

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If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219

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CALLS TO ACTION!

Speak at City Hall Training - April 18th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/rezoning_speak_city_hall_train_apr24

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Martin Olszynski: https://twitter.com/molszyns

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Calgary Climate Hub

Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social

Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC

Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer

Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership

Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate

Support us on Patreon!

The Housing Crisis. It's a hot topic everywhere, from federal politics to the neighborhood. Facebook group. Calgary, along with other Canadian municipalities, is trying to deal with the fact that there are more people who want to live here than places for them to live. In September of 2023, Calgary City Council adopted a housing strategy which included a controversial proposal for citywide rezoning. According to the City of Calgary website, properties that currently allow single or semi-detached homes will be rezoned to R-CG, R-G, or H-GO. That means that buildings like townhouses and rowhouses will be allowed on any residential lot. As climate advocates, we love a plan for urban densification and rezoning as a chance to make our voices really count. The City of Calgary has planned a public hearing on the proposal April 22nd. Here today to discuss rezoning and the climate implications is Ward Eight Councillor Courtney Walcott. This show was recorded the day after council voted to proceed with the public hearing instead of kicking the decision down the road to a plebiscite in the 2025 civic election.

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Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fDRgr31m3FAgxAbls2xbNEZRrJny7OfBSnmeH5TEquY/

Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R2PYwO4Ylh52cc7ET1AAHCUi4o9uUKpwvUafuYS9L6g/

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If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219

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CALLS TO ACTION!

Speak at City Hall Training - April 18th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/rezoning_speak_city_hall_train_apr24

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Courtney Walcott's personal website: https://www.courtneywalcott.com/

Courtney Walcott's page on the City of Calgary's website: https://www.calgary.ca/council/ward-8/warddefault.html

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CWalcottYYC

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Calgary Climate Hub

Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social

Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC

Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer

Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership

Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate

Support us on Patreon!

Energi Media’s Markham Hislop shares learnings about the energy transition from his interviews with business and energy leaders. Could Alberta make the change from dirty oil exporter to clean materials manufacturer?

Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BcnM9_glw2cs-X6__ipsT6_BR2YqlNQvWIwAYP6D4oA/edit

Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YGoR5yyHHZIRwWXcvlj3IS0X8Xn7CjsdvPVjhidR25s/edit

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If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/the_climate_lens

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CALLS TO ACTION!

Speak at City Hall Training - April 18th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/rezoning_speak_city_hall_train_apr24

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Energi Media website https://energi.media/

Twitter/X @EnergiMedia



Markham Hislop @politicalham

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Calgary Climate Hub

Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social

Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC

Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer

Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership

Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate

Support us on Patreon!

2023 was the hottest year in recorded history and also the worst wildfire season Albertans have ever known and it's only in the first week of January that we've had anything resembling what a normal winter looks like before hitting deep freeze extremes in the opposite direction. In the midst of all this our Christmas present from the Alberta government was an extreme drought warning for 2024 which likely flew under the radar for a lot of ordinary Albertans given the timing. The common thread through all of these stories is water so we're very happy to have with us today Phillip Meintzer & Kennedy Halvorson, two conservation specialists for the Alberta Wilderness Association (or on X/Twitter at https://twitter.com/ABWilderness*****

 

Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14fU3EEG_M0EIoDq4MIXDJGINH-1m9M3V8PShexQTItA

Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m8DDtthQ-2WiTNdWknesw7y8NU3Qe6lnFbz11HV4hTQ

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If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/the_climate_lens

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CALLS TO ACTION!

1) Tree Equity Workshop - Jan 30th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/tree_equity_workshop_jan2024_20240130

2) Advocacy in the Prairies - February 10th (in Calgary): https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/crpc_prairies_advocacy_training_calgary_jan24

3) The Kananaskis Logging Slowdown Campaign: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/kananaskis_logging_slowdown_24

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Alberta Wilderness Association website https://albertawilderness.ca

Twitter/X @ABWilderness



Phillip Meintzer @PhillipMeintzer

Kennedy Halvorson @kentomologie



AWA News Release: Four Big Oil Companies Used 200 Billion Litres of Alberta’s Freshwater Last Year https://albertawilderness.ca/news-release-four-big-oil-companies-used-200-billion-litres-of-albertas-freshwater-last-year/



Aquatic Ecosystems – Gaps Opportunities and Law Reforms https://elc.ab.ca/sdm_downloads/aquatic-ecosystems-gaps-opportunities-and-law-reforms/

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Calgary Climate Hub

Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social

Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC

Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer

Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership

Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate

Support us on Patreon!